Geelani under NIA scanner for allegedly receiving Lashkar funds

Sources said NIA has summoned some separatist leaders for questioning following the revelations that Lashkar-e-Taiba founder Hafiz Mohammad Saeed was funneling money to keep the pot boiling in the valley.

"Even though (Nayeem) Khan has raised questions over the veracity of the said clip (aired by the channel), his membership will remain suspended and the suspension will come into force with immediate effect in Srinagar and PoK chapter of Hurriyat".

The NIA will also verify allegations in a sting operation that showed some of the Hurriyat leaders talking about receiving money from Saeed and other Pakistani individuals.

Meanwhile, J&K authorities on Friday placed moderate Hurriyat group chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq under house arrest, just before separatist-called protests were to take place in Srinagar. Of recent, there have been a number of news reports that have exposed how Pakistani state and non-state handlers have been funding the separatist movement in Jammu and Kashmir and terrorists in Pakistan. "The NIA team is completing formalities of identification of room, collection of records", the spokesman said. "He (Nayeem Khan) has questioned the veracity of the said clip, but we have chose to suspend his membership until all related issues are clarified".

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Khan, a provincial president of Geelani-led Hurriyat, dismissed the sting as "doctored" and "fake", daring the network to play the entire tape. You don't barge into people's bedrooms, telling the family that you have an appointment, " the separatist leader said.

The NIA team will also be gathering evidence collected by the Jammu and Kashmir Police about the burning of schools as Khan had claimed that the educational institutions were targeted as per the plans hatched from across the border.

Geelani admitted that Pakistan is a prime party to the issue and supports Kashmiris on political and moral grounds. "APHC chairman Syed Ali Geelani has suspended one of its constituent party, National Front from basic membership of Hurriyat conference".

The schools were targeted previous year after banned Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist Burhan Wani was killed in an encounter with security forces on 8 July. "We will question all those named in the PE including Geelani", he added.

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